Daydream Elements

Learn about principles and best practices for developing high-quality virtual reality by experiencing them for yourself in VR.

Creating immersive and interactive VR experiences introduces a new set of physiological, ergonomic, and technical challenges. How do you move comfortably in VR? How do you get the most performance out of mobile hardware? Elements is a collection of tested solutions that you can try, configure, and use in your own VR apps and games.

From version Daydream Elements 1.1-33:Three new Elements!
• Object Manipulation: learn how to simulate weight of objects, and how to tune hinges and sliders so they feel natural when interacting with doors and drawers
• Arm Models demo: includes three custom-tuned arm models for swinging, throwing, and shooting, demonstrating how you can approximate 6DOF-style controller interactions with a 3DOF controller
• Constellation menu: gesture-based virtual menu for navigating deep information hierarchies in a simple, responsive way